Medical Design

3D Printing Materials Let Medical Designers Work in New Ways

Wed, 29 Apr 2015 19:25:00 +0000

Everything You Know About Medical Design Is Wrong

Fri, 20 Mar 2015 13:56:00 +0000

Developing a medical device has always been a complex process. Manufacturers must continue to drive innovation while facing ever-intensifying business challenges

Using UVC LEDs for DNA Purity Measurements

Fri, 19 Dec 2014 17:30:00 +0000

Hari Venugopalan, Director of Global Product Management, Crystal IS

DNA concentration and purity measurements, which use absorption spectroscopy, are the first step in analysis for many life science applications.

Issues and Challenges in Protecting Personal Health Information

Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:04:00 +0000

Authentication and authorization issues are a classic mix of the human element and poor implementation. If you have been to a hospital lately, your eyes quickly are drawn to the amount of identification and security cards attached to each employee. Establishing identity is clearly a complex problem...

Label Defects Top List of Packaging Concerns for Med Devices

Mon, 01 Dec 2014 19:24:00 +0000

Staff

A recent survey of medical companies in Europe and North America identifies key issues for packaging and labeling operations in the medical device market.

A recent survey by PRISYM ID of medical companies in Europe and North America has identified some of the key issues for packaging and labeling operations in the complex and changing medical device market, with label defect control as one of the top issues currently facing almost 40% of medical device and pharmaceutical companies.

Getting a Connected Device to Market

Mon, 01 Dec 2014 16:27:00 +0000

Vaishali Kamat, Head of Digital Health, Cambridge Consultants

Connectivity—most of it wireless—is becoming mandatory for most medical devices as well as consumer health gadgets.

There is no denying the phenomenal growth the digital health market is seeing. While significant dollars are being poured into developing software-only solutions, such as decision support systems or practice management tools, much of the activity involves some kind of device--either wearable or handheld.

The Value of Single-Use Devices in the Emergency Department

Tue, 18 Nov 2014 17:32:00 +0000

Dr. Douglas McConnell, OBP Medical

From a business standpoint, what value do disposable medical devices offer over their reusable counterparts? How much do they save? What clinical benefits do they deliver?

Design Considerations When Sourcing Pumps for Medical Applications

Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:51:00 +0000

Medical device manufacturers need a non-contaminating, easy to use and easy to clean pump for use in medical device applications such as irrigation, waste removal and catheter cooling

Security Risks Inherent in the Medical Device Lifecycle

Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:50:00 +0000

We must consider the extra wrinkle in this health security story: the numerous medical devices that collect and store PHI. These devices often lack security controls because they were built before security became a consideration...

When It Comes to Ebola, Is There Really an App for That?

Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:35:00 +0000

Michael Browne, Medical Design Staff

While most of the johnny-come-lately apps have been consumer-driven (Ebola tracking apps seem to be popular) or simply SEO driven with no actual relation to Ebola other than as a key word, there are serious efforts being made to provide high-tech mobile tools that can be used by medical professionals.

"Spinning" a Solution for Tracheal Surgery

Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:49:00 +0000

Joyce Laird

Innovative use of an old technology to solve a new challenge.

Macchiarini performed the world’s first transplant of a regenerated trachea in 2008. The patient is still alive today, more than five years later. Green explained that all of the other heart and lung regeneration work at that time was being done on animals. He saw this as a very strong incentive to expand into the regeneration of all types of hollow organs using bioreactive technology.

Leading the Feedthrough Industry

Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:28:00 +0000

Joyce Laird

Enabling the active implant market to go where no implantable device has ever gone before.

While Morgan Advanced Materials has been developing feedthroughs since the mid-70s, the big push into ever smaller implantable devices really started to surge in recent years. Along with size reduction, Vaillancourt says that they are also seeing a lot of innovations and need for their products in the neuromodulation space.

Effective Design Partnerships: Understanding the Manufacturer’s Profile and Objectives

Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:04:00 +0000

In the most effective partnerships, the manufacturer and outside firm begin with research (see the second column in this series for why this is so). But by the time the partners reach the design phase, they need to be able to define more than just the product concept.

Medical Edge Newsletter Subscription Confirmation

Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:31:08 +0000

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Kickstart a Better Night’s Sleep

Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:46:00 +0000

Sarah Mangiola

A Colorado Springs startup is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to raise $50,000 in order to produce its Sleep Shepard sleep hat.

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Medical Connectors

Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:05:00 +0000

Eleven Tips for Electric Diaphragm Pump Selection

Tue, 07 Oct 2014 18:09:00 +0000

Pumping System Parameters to Consider for Your Medical Instrument

Tue, 07 Oct 2014 18:03:00 +0000

Mechanically Driven Diaphragm Pumps For Use With Gases

Tue, 07 Oct 2014 17:16:00 +0000

Getting Inside the Athlete’s Brain

Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:26:00 +0000

Joyce Laird

Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher takes neurology to the playing field.

One of the things Kutcher has been teaching for years is concussion as a network injury. When we talk of localizing things in the brain one of the first things we do is try to describe whether it is a focal process like a stroke, a multi-focal process like MS, or is it a diffused process; something that affects the neurons or blood vessels in the brain in a very general way.

Innovation from Orthopedics to Sports Medicine

Mon, 06 Oct 2014 20:51:00 +0000

Joyce Laird

Jerome Canady, Founder of US Medical Innovations, and Mark A. Cleveland, CEO of Swiftwick, discuss their very different, but equally important, products.

The Canady Hybrid Plasma™ Scalpel (“CHPS”), the first smart multifunctional hybrid plasma device in the world, can control plasma for surgery; for killing tumors, for killing cancer. Swiftwick is a new take on the prosthetic leg that required developing a whole new technology, from the material in the liner sock to discovering manufacturing machinery adjustments that could produce the end product.

TIGR Offers New Alternative for Breast Reconstruction

Mon, 06 Oct 2014 13:36:00 +0000

Sarah Mangiola

Novus Scientific creates a surgical mesh that can provide more stability in breast implants.

Philips Introduces New Ultrasound Machines for Women’s Health

Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:58:00 +0000

Sarah Mangiola

New ultrasound machines were announced recently at the ISUOG World Congress.

Oxford Researchers Implement Standards for Fetal Growth and Newborn Size

Wed, 24 Sep 2014 15:11:00 +0000

Sarah Mangiola

The standards for fetal growth and newborn size are now used on every Philips ultrasound system and replace the need for geography-based growth charts.

Avoid the High Cost of Quality Failure

Tue, 23 Sep 2014 19:28:00 +0000

PLM Best Practices for Medical Device Manufacturers to Ensure Quality

Tue, 23 Sep 2014 19:23:00 +0000

Next Generation Bill of Materials (BOM) Management

Tue, 23 Sep 2014 18:52:00 +0000

Managing Medical Device Quality Issues within a Complex Supply Chain

Tue, 23 Sep 2014 14:18:00 +0000

Mohan Ponnudurai, Industry Solution Director at Sparta Systems

An in-depth look at supplier management, quality, and warning signs to prevent problems.

With many partners and suppliers providing multiple or inconsistent sources of information, it’s easy for confusion and a lack of unity to creep throughout a supply chain—potentially resulting in severe quality defects that could impact patient safety.

Additive Manufacturing Improves Cranial Implants

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:26:00 +0000

Wiebke Jensen, Electro OpticalSystems

Healthcare pioneer CEIT Biomedical Engineering relies on EOS technology for skull prostheses.

The basics of medical implant manufacture have been, until recently, control technology, the relevant machine tools, and often manual work carried out during the operation itself. Yet, these technologies can lead to some problems.